Valens Test strike (?), AE4, 1.44 gr, 16.28 mm. Rome. 364-378 AD.

Obv: DN VALEN-S PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed 
bust right.
Rev: VOT V MVLT X, in four lines within wreath.

Mintmark RP (?) in exergue.  

AE version of RIC 10d (siliqua)

Possibly an AE test strike of the siliqua RIC IX 10d; RSC 
91h; Sear -. There are no bronze "VOT V MVLT X" types 
recorded at all, from any mint, for Valens.
Test strikes to test the appearance of new dies were
often used on bronze flans. This is perhaps one of them.

Courtesy of TimeLine Originals (www.time-lines.co.uk), Nov, 2010